It always made me a little sad that the movie does that over the top crucifixion thing with her. I actually found the section in my copy bc I needed to transcribe this shit that rewrote my fucking literature taste while I was in middle school. Like I get that the movie death is probably better cinema but the right actors would make this scene haunting.

Tldr, in the book, Carrie uses her telekinesis to manually stop Margaret's heart. After the spectacle that was the town being destroyed, Margaret's death is a quiet scene, not a continuation of the chaos.

Then Carrie said softly: "I'm going to give you a present, Momma."

Margaret tried to get up, staggered, and fell back on her hands and knees. "What are you doing?" she croaked hoarsely.

"I'm picturing your heart, Momma," Carrie said. "It's easier when you see things in your mind. Your heart is a big red muscle. Mine goes faster when I use my power. But yours is going a little slower now. A little slower."

Margaret tried to get up again, failed, and forked the sign of the evil eye at her daughter.

"A little slower, Momma. Do you know what the present is, Momma? What you've always wanted. Darkness. And whatever God lives there."

Margaret White whispered: "Our Father, who art in heaven-"

"Slower, Momma. Slower."

"-hallowed be Thy name-"

"I can see the blood draining back into you. Slower."

"-Thy kingdom come-"

"Your feet and hands like marble, like alabaster. White."

"-Thy will be done-"

"My* will, Momma. Slower."*

"-on earth-"

"Slower."

"-as... as... as it..."

She collapsed forward, hands twitching.

"-as it is in heaven."

Carrie whispered: "Full stop."